A sports passion as driving force
Sean Connery
Connery grew up in Scotland near the Bruntsfield Links golf course but had no desire to play. But that changed when he was taught golf to look good enough to beat Gert Fröbe in a match in 1964’s “Goldfinger.” “I got the bug,” Connery later said. “Soon it would nearly take over my life.”
Alice Cooper
Cooper, who came to fame in the 1970s, battled booze before giving up drinking for the golf course. In fact, he wrote a book about it, “Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock ‘n’ Roller’s Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict.”
Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson is such an avid golfer he has a clause in his movie contracts about having easy access to a golf course no matter the location of the film. “I am as passionate about golf as I am about acting,” he admits.
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